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News October 2021 NPD: PS5 Is Still the Best-Selling US System of the Year
But in dollar sales, not units
The PlayStation 5 is still battling with the Nintendo Switch to be the best-selling US console of the year, but stock limitations mean it may eventually lose out over the all-important holiday period. Sony is outselling the Nintendo hybrid when it comes to dollar sales (or revenue), but the House of Mario’s machine...
PS Store Sales Charts Far Cry 6 and FIFA 22 the Most Downloaded PS5 Titles
Back 4 Blood not far behind
Sony has released the PlayStation Store charts for October, and the top games last month are about what you'd expect. On the North American chart for PS5, it's Ubisoft's Far Cry 6 that comes out on top, with FIFA 22 following close behind. In Europe, the two games are reversed, with the football sim unsurprisingly taking...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Vanguard Storms the Top 10, Selling Best on PS5
Plus: Miles Morales swings back in
Activision's ever-popular first person shooter series might be wearisome with its annual releases, but never underestimate its popularity. Call of Duty: Vanguard debuts in the UK's boxed game chart at the very top, knocking FIFA 22 off its perch after multiple weeks as number one. The WWII shooter looks to be...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Dances Into the Bestsellers
FIFA is still king, though
Not even the might of Marvel is powerful enough to quell the UK's love for the beautiful game. While FIFA 22 is still sitting pretty in number one, Square Enix's great superhero action caper, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, makes a strong start, debuting in second place. As has been the case with many high profile, third...
News September 2021 NPD: PS5 Snaps Nintendo Switch's 33-Month Hardware Win Streak
Overtaken
PlayStation 5 was the United States’ best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollar sales in September 2021, ending a 33-month Nintendo Switch streak. While Sony’s next-gen console has outperformed the hybrid console in dollar sales at times over the past year, this is the first occasion where it’s outdone it in units as...
News UK Sales Charts: Back 4 Blood Aptly Debuts in Fourth While Spider-Man: Miles Morales Returns
Back 4th Blood
Last week's biggest new release was Back 4 Blood, a new co-op zombie-'em-up from the creators of Left 4 Dead. Turtle Rock is clearly a fan of the number four, so the studio will be pleased to see its new game has debuted in the perfect spot on the UK's physical chart: fourth. It faced stiff competition with FIFA 22, Far Cry 6, and...
News UK Sales Charts: Far Cry 6, Alan Wake Remastered Arrive in Top 10, Selling Best on PS5
Next-gen, baby
A trend we've been seeing in the UK's physical charts the last couple of months is that cross-gen, multi-platform games tend to sell best on PlayStation 5. In the latest breakdown, Far Cry 6 debuts in second place on the list, having sold 47 per cent of copies on Sony's new hardware. Similarly, Alan Wake Remastered released last week...
PS Store Sales Charts Kena: Bridge of Spirits, NBA 2K22 Lead the Charge in September
Opposite ends of the spectrum
Games big and small launched in September, and both sides of the scale are represented in last month's PlayStation Store charts. In North America, the top of the download charts on PS5 went to NBA 2K22, a predictable winner, it's fair to say. However, over on the European Store, it's Kena: Bridge of Spirits that took...
News UK Sales Charts: Sonic Colours Ultimate Blocks Hot Wheels Unleashed from Podium Finish
FIFA 22 predictably takes number one
It should be remembered that these UK charts we report on each week are purely based on data from brick and mortar retail stores. There's no digital sales info here — we're only talking physical games you pick up with your hands and take to a person behind a counter. That should hopefully explain the sudden...
News UK Sales Charts: Lost Judgment the Latest Game to Sell Best on PS5
PlayStation exclusives moving down
Lost Judgment has made a great start in the UK's physical games chart, debuting in fourth position. Perhaps surprisingly, this multi-format release is another to sell best on PlayStation 5; 62 per cent of last week's sales went to the PS5 version. The PS4 SKU managed 28 per cent, which means a combined total of 90...
News UK Sales Charts: Great Week for PS5 Games as Deathloop Takes Top Spot
Many Sony exclusives feature
You know the score by now: whenever PS5 stock is available in the UK, sales of the console's games skyrocket. And last week was no different as Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales increased sales by 223 per cent to land in second place while Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart climbed into fourth following a 630 per cent...
PS Store Sales Charts Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Sells Well Even without PS5 Upgrades
Standalone purchases counted
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut was the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store across Europe last month, and was only beaten to first place in the US by Madden NFL 22. Sony shared the news on the PlayStation Blog, and what makes the stats even more impressive is that the
News August 2021 NPD: Ghost of Tsushima Up 108 Places Into Second Thanks to Director's Cut
Madden NFL 22 takes top spot
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut has caused sales of the open world title from Sucker Punch Productions to absolutely skyrocket, boosting the game from 110th place in July all the way up to second spot following the expanded release's launch on PlayStation 5 and PS4 last month. It was beaten only by new entry Madden NFL...
News UK Sales Charts: New Releases Like Tales of Arise Selling Best on PS5
New releases enter the top 10
There were a number of new game releases last week, and of the ones arriving on multiple platforms, the lion's share of physical sales went to the PlayStation 5 versions. In the UK's latest retail chart, at least. Tales of Arise debuts in second place, and PS5 copies account for 58 per cent, while the PS4 version comes...
News UK Sales Charts: PlayStation Exclusives Come and Go While GTA 5 Is On the Rise
Unstoppable
Grand Theft Auto V is just a machine — in the UK, at least. In the latest physical games chart, us Brits have put Rockstar's juggernaut open world title in third place, selling best on PlayStation 4. It's mad that it can still swing podium positions. Elsewhere, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the week's best-selling PS5 game,...
News UK Sales Charts: Aliens: Fireteam Elite Knocks PS5, PS4 Exclusives Down the Top 10
Apex predator
Last week's physical game sales were definitely a win for Sony, as the top three spots went to a trio of PlayStation exclusives — Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The news isn't quite as good a week later, but first party titles are still hanging among the...
News Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Breaks Up Switch Dominance in Japanese Sales Chart
Sells just under 24,000 copies
Cast your mind back a few weeks and you may remember us reporting there wasn't a single PlayStation 5 or PS4 game in the top 30 of the physical Japanese sales charts. Nintendo Switch titles had effectively taken over the region, but the past week's rankings make for slightly prettier reading as far as Sony is...
News UK Sales Charts: Sony Dominant as PS5, PS4 Games Claim Top Spots
Ghost! Ratchet! Miles!
Another big batch of PS5 Stock must have hit UK shores last week because the island's physical sales chart is suddenly dominated by titles available on the new system. Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut debuts in first place, and Insomniac Games duo Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and
News UK Sales Charts: GTA 5 Just Keeps on Selling, Hades Makes Top 10
Hades sells 93 per cent of copies on PS5, PS4
Cue the "who hasn't already bought Grand Theft Auto V?" responses in the comments because Rockstar's heavyweight was the second best-selling physical game in the UK last week. Only beaten to the top spot by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, GTA 5 rose five places to claim second, representing a 44 per cent increase...
News July 2021 NPD: MLB The Show 21 Is the Second Best-Selling Game of 2021
Quiet month elsewhere, however
You can tell it's the quiet summer months of the year when trying to find something interesting to talk about in the latest NPD software results is like drawing blood from a stone. The chart has settled to a point where the usual Nintendo titles are on top alongside service games that always do well, meaning the games...
News There's Not a Single PS5, PS4 Game in the Japanese Sales Charts
Missing from the entire top 30
For the first time since the late 1980s, the Japanese sales charts are dominated by a single console. The latest Famitsu results, which track physical software sales from 2nd August through 8th August, are completely occupied by Nintendo Switch titles. To clarify: every game, from 1st position to 30th position, belongs...
PS Store Sales Charts Service Games Rule the Roost in Uneventful July
FIFA! GTA! Splitgate!
Last month didn't exactly have much to talk about in terms of new game releases, meaning the online service games that most people play jumped to the top of the PlayStation Store sales charts. They always hover around the top five, but now they're chart-toppers. Case in point is FIFA 21, which was the best-selling PS5 game...
News UK Sales Charts: PS5 Stock Shortages Force Sony Exclusives Out of the Top 10
Peaks and valleys
Sony is seemingly putting out PlayStation 5 consoles to retailers as often as it can; we've seen the sought-after systems come in and out of stock several times recently. When they're available, sales for PS5 games skyrocket, but if consoles elude consumers, that of course means less software leaving the shelves. If you take a look...
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is PS5's Hero, But It Can't Catch F1 2021
PS5 best-seller clings to top 10
The UK's physical games chart is rather predictable at the best of times, but when new releases dry up, things don't really move about much. Case in point: F1 2021 is once again the number one game at retail, which is no real surprise given the real world championship is ongoing right now. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man Return While F1 2021 Takes Pole Position
Popping champagne
The UK's love of Formula One has driven Codemasters' latest racing sim to the top spot on the physical games chart. F1 2021 is number one after debuting in second place last week, with the PlayStation 4 and PS5 versions combining for a 63 per cent share of the total sales. Meanwhile, certain PS5 software has climbed back up the...
News UK Sales Charts: F1 2021 Finishes on the Podium While Ratchet & Clank Clings to Top 10
Grand spree
The British Grand Prix took place over the weekend, and it just so happened to coincide with the launch of Codemasters' latest Formula One sim, F1 2021. It's no wonder, then, that the game debuts in the physical chart in second place. We've no doubt it would've made it to first had it not been for a certain Nintendo remaster. The racer...
News June 2021 NPD: PS5 Exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Tops Software Charts
Highest US launch month dollar sales in series history
Wow! Insomniac Games is making bank for Sony this generation so far. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, despite releasing exclusively on the supply constrained PlayStation 5, topped the US software charts in June – rounding out a great month for PlayStation. MLB The Show 21 held strong in fourth...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Phantom Dashes Back to Number One
PS5 stock gives platforming pair a leg up
It's been proven several times by this point: when UK customers can get their hands on a PlayStation 5, software makes a big jump. It's happened again in the latest physical chart. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was down in sixth place last week, but has shot back up into first place. It's a 187 per cent...
PS Store Sales Charts Cyberpunk 2077 Was June's Best-Selling PS4 Game Following PS Store Return
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart tops PS5 charts
Who would have expected this? After returning to the PlayStation Store on 21st June 2021, Cyberpunk 2077 managed to become the best-selling PS4 title for the entire month in the space of just nine days. The latest PS Store sales chart puts the CD Projekt RED RPG in first place for both the European and US...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Holds Its Own in a Nintendo-Heavy Top 10
Phantom dash
Less than half of the games in the top 10 can be played on a PlayStation system. It's true that Nintendo has dominated the UK's physical games chart for months now, and the latest results are no different. Fortunately, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is hanging in there, dipping from third to sixth among all the Switch exclusives...
News UK Sales Charts: Mario's Hole in One Forces Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to Settle for Third
Scarlet Nexus debuts in eighth
Insomniac Games' reign at the top of the physical UK sales chart has been brought to an end as Mario Golf: Super Rush tees off in first place, pushing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart down into third. The PlayStation 5 exclusive spent the past two weeks in the top spot, but a 78 per cent drop in sales brings it more in...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Sells Even Better in Its Second Week
Lombax going strong
In what is reportedly a fairly rare occurrence for the physical UK games market, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart sold more copies in its second week on the market than it did during the first. The PlayStation 5 exclusive recorded a two per cent increase in sales of boxed copies, meaning it once again tops the latest UK sales...
News May 2021 NPD: Resident Evil Village Is Second Best-Selling Game of 2021
Beaten only by Call of Duty
Resident Evil Village was the best-selling game for the month of May 2021, topping the charts for both the PlayStation and Xbox platforms. Those first month sales see it become the second best-selling title of the year so far, beaten only by Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The only other new release to crack the top 20...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart the Next Insomniac Game to Take Top Spot
Sony takeover
First there was Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and now there's Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. If Sony is to claim top billing in the weekly UK sales chart, it's because of Insomniac Games as of late. The latest PlayStation 5 exclusive takes top spot at the first time of asking, selling three times as many copies as Returnal at...
PS Store Sales Charts Resident Evil Village Is Queen of the Castle
Hat's a fact
Perhaps unsurprisingly, May's most downloaded PlayStation 5 and PS4 game is Resident Evil Village, the acclaimed sequel in the long-running horror series. The game's a winner with critics, but it seems to be a big hit with gamers as well — the PS5 version is sitting pretty at number one in both regions, while the PS4 edition claims...
News UK Sales Charts: Miles Morales Is Hanging In There While FIFA 21 Scores Another Win
21 forever
The UK's physical games chart has its ups and downs, things that change, and sometimes, even a surprise or two. However, nothing is more consistent in this country's gaming spend than EA Sports' FIFA franchise. The football sims, understandably, are ever-present in the bestsellers, with each annual entry replacing the last. FIFA 21 has...
News UK Sales Charts: Good Week for Sony as PS5 Stock Boosts Spider-Man
The Last of Us 2 up to third
Yet another surge in PS5 stock saw Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales return to the top of the latest UK sales chart, followed closely by surprise inclusion The Last of Us: Part II. The outstanding Naughty Dog title was placed on a huge discount across UK retailers last week, knocking the price down to just £9.99. That...
News April 2021 NPD: MLB The Show 21, Returnal Lead Big Month for Sony
Returnal to sender
MLB The Show 21’s inclusion with Game Pass didn’t hinder full-price sales anywhere near as much as expected, as the game topped the April 2021 NPD best-sellers list, setting a new series record in the process. It’s worth noting that this was the first entry in the baseball simulation to also release on Xbox platforms,...
News UK Sales Charts: Mass Effect Makes Way as Resident Evil Village Reclaims Number One
Winters is coming
Resident Evil Village is doing very well for itself so far, if the UK's physical sales are anything to go by. The game debuted in the top spot, came in second last week, and is now back in prime position. Capcom's survival horror hit continues to sell best on PlayStation too, with the PS5 and PS4 versions making up nearly three...
News UK Sales Charts: Miles Morales Comes Back Swinging While Mass Effect Launches to the Top
Legendary
The love for Mass Effect has come pouring out as EA releases the long-awaited PlayStation 4 remaster collection. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has debuted in the number one spot on the UK's physical games chart, overtaking Resident Evil Village, which is now in second place. Right behind these new releases is a reappearance from Marvel's...
PS Store Sales Charts Returnal in the Top Five After One Day on the Market
Third in the US, fourth in Europe
Since the industry and its consumers are shifting more and more towards digital purchases, the likes of the weekly physical UK sales charts just aren't really cutting it anymore for tracking game sales. Thankfully,
News UK Sales Charts: Resident Evil Village Sells Best on PS5, PS4 with 80% Share
Returnal leaves the top 10
Last week's physical UK chart saw the arrival of a key PlayStation 5 exclusive: Returnal. It debuted in a promising second place, which isn't too shabby for a pretty niche, single platform title. Despite glowing reviews, however, the game's physical sales have slumped, with the stylish shooter now sitting in 15th. Still,...
News UK Sales Charts: PS5 Roguelike Returnal Off to Slower Start Than Other Sony Exclusives
Game over
Returnal managed to finish second on the UK sales charts at launch, but it debuted a lot lower than other major PlayStation exclusive titles. It’s worth noting that, in frustrating fashion, Britain’s best-sellers list is comprised of physical sales only – and thus is missing a major piece of the puzzle, as consumers continue to skew...
News UK Sales Charts: NieR Replicant Has Fantastic Debut in First Place
Cyberpunk 2077 still features in 10th
Blimey, not only is NieR Replicant a great game, but it's also done pretty well for itself in the latest UK sales chart. The remastered experience from Yoko Taro forces FIFA 21 out of the top spot and claims it for its own. The rest of the top 10 is very much business as usual — Nintendo Switch exclusives...
News UK Sales Charts: Cyberpunk 2077 Returns to Top 10 While FIFA 21 Claims Number One
Buy-berpunk
Just as the UK's physical games chart begins to get stale, something comes along to shake things up. This time, Cyberpunk 2077 re-enters the chart for the first time in ages. CD Projekt RED's latest, which has been a technical nightmare as they release enormous, bug-squashing patches, is back in the top 10 best sellers. There's no clear...
News March 2021 NPD: PS5 Is Still the Fastest-Selling Console in US History
In terms of both unit and dollar sales, during a pandemic
PlayStation 5 is the fastest-selling console in US history, after five months on the market. You may have read this headline before, but there’s an important distinction compared to February 2021’s NPD report: the next-gen format has achieved the feat in both dollar sales and unit sales,...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 21 Kicked Off the Top Spot as Outriders Falls From Top 10
Play on
It's time once again to look at the UK's physical games chart, and would you believe it, the usual roster of titles make up the top 10. FIFA 21, which retook first place last week, has been knocked off its perch by the all-powerful Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and the football sim is now in second. That's as exciting as it gets near the...
News UK Sales Charts: Physical Outriders Sales Over 50 Per Cent on PS5
Movers and shakers
Hold on, there are things to talk about with the UK's physical games chart? What is this, April Fool's Day? Right, guys? Sorry. Anyway, yes, there's finally some movement in what has been a pretty immovable chart for the last month or two. After several weeks of fluctuation, FIFA 21 finds itself back in the top spot thanks to...
News UK Sales Charts: Just Two PS5, PS4 Games Make the Top 10 This Week
Nintendo dominance continues
Ouch, look away now Sony — the latest UK sales chart does not make for great reading from the Japanese company's perspective. Just two PlayStation games managed to make it into the top 10 of last week's list of the best-selling physical titles across the UK. Yes, only two. Those being Minecraft: Dungeons in fifth and...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Takes Third in Slow Week for PlayStation
Switching it up
It's impossible to ignore at this point: the UK is absolutely loving Nintendo exclusives right now. The company's games always do well of course, but the latest chart (which only includes physical sales data, we should add) shows that six of the top 10 best-sellers can only be bought on Switch. That's a pretty impressive result...
